RUBY Walsh and Lenny Flynn shared the riding honours at Downpatrick, recording doubles in contrasting style on a day when Willie Mullins also doubled-up, with favourites Tawaagg and Dare To Doubt.

PAUL TOWNEND, the teenage sensation of 2008, rounded off the old year with a spectacular treble at Tramore yesterday.

THE layers got a screamer of a result in the Glen Chase at Thurles yesterday when 33-1 shot Florida Express beat 5-4 favourite Scotsirish and there was certainly no fluke about it.

AWAY WE GO put up a decent display of front-running to take the Martinstown Opportunity Maiden Hurdle in the hands of Eddie Power in very testing conditions at Limerick yesterday.

Charlie Swan hopes being out of the handicap will not prevent Royal Man and Gripit N Tipit from putting up good performances in the ladbrokes.com Munster National at Limerick on Sunday.

WILLIE MULLINS ran two in last night’s featured Gleneagle Summer Cabaret Chase at Killarney and won with the outsider of the pair, 10-1 shot Davenport Democrat.

THOMAS DREAPER, whose family is steeped in the history of Fairyhouse, savoured his first success at the County Meath track yesterday when partnering Desperado Queen to an all-the-way win in the Ratoath Mares Chase.